Beef feedlots in southwestern Kansas: Local change, perceptions, and the global change context

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 273-282

  Harrington, Lisa M B ^a   Lu, Max ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Cattle; Greenhouse gas emissions; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

FARMERS ATTITUDE; GLOBAL CHANGE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PERCEPTION;

KANSAS; UNITED STATES;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0036891807     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-3780(02)00041-9     Document Type: Article

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